I love banging gears and have an older Bronco in a 4 speed, but I have to agree. Especially on more technical trails, auto is just a lot easier. Super low gearing obviously helps against having to slip the clutch constantly, but auto still leaves less to worry about when you are on tough...
Agree on 5100s. I have ran that series before and did not find them to be soft at all. They are both valved firmer and are digressive. The SAS actually rides pretty well on road, a lot softer than my Jeep.
That wasn't directed towards you. Just that I'm done defending my position. There is a lot of signal to noise on here already. I'm glad OP is ok. It's always good to remember what can happen when things wrong. Probably a reminder that satellite coms could save a life of your in the...
I don't mean to or care to argue on the internet. My point is that I have been doing this at least 2 decades or more longer than some here and have done this quite a bit. I'm also OSHA certified in rigging. People should use the gear they feel is right for their situation because they are...
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Agree on the Jeep pull being too hard. I don't like people I don't know helping on recovery or even spotting. None of this is to blame OP. Things happen, and in this case the Jeep driver sent 'er a little too hard.
Soft shackles are fairly new. No one ever advised for shackles, historically being steel, as being a fuse. Nothing has changed. The fuse should ALWAYS be the failed recovery. Any other methodology is dangerous. That is what you are missing. If you can't recover without doing it in a safe...
I usually don't mind being stuck. It's part of the fun and how you learn the limits of your driving and your rig. I heard that British or Australians often had a cup of tea while contemplating a recovery.
You don't want a "fuse" in recovery gear. You don't EVER want to pull hard enough to break any of that gear. Most soft shackles are 50k plus rated and I want that as high as possible while fitting my attachment points. If you are using a 12k winch and 2-3 snatch blocks/rings, you want enough...
That was bad wording on my part. When I said I 100% blame the shackle, I did not mean to say that I 100% blame the shackle for causing the incident in its entirety. I mean to say that I absolutely fault the shackle for failing. You don't want those giving way on a static pull either...
Of course I did. He was too fast even if it would have been less stuck and rolled out. From my post on this page:
"Yes, pulling through uncleared deep snow was an issue along too much speed."
I'm not taking wrong messages from anything. There are all kinds of conjecture and uninformed opinions in this thread. There were absolutely issues with this recovery as indicated by the results. But using a kinetic device was not the issue. Yes, pulling through uncleared deep snow was an...
Are you aware of kinetic recovery gear? It wasn't a tow strap. There were issues involved, but a kinetic strap is a useful piece of gear and you absolutely use it with rolling momentum.
Yeah, tie rod at the wrong place is bad, rack is reeeeeaaaaly bad. I've had to do a lot of trail repairs and/or limp back to camp, but that would not be a good time.
I'll have to check. 21 sas. Have not wheeled it much as we've been taking the jeep but now I'm curious. Are any on the cracks you found on the lowers or all on the uppers?